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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

few mighty bounds his horse Was Al.
most abreast of that Of tho skeptlc.
"Unhand me!'' he cried again.
Why. l cannot say, but Billups
did not ask him to explain the cause
OF this singular cutlery. He content
ed himself with ramming the spurs
into the TANKS of his foaminp steed.
Presently q flash came, and any be-
lated wayfarer standing by the road
might have seen by it's light the cold
dripping fingers Of the rearmost rider
descending with q snap upon the neck
OF him in front. "As though two ici-
cles bit you," is the way Billurs
speaks of the occurrence to this day.
1t would be mockery to describe
what occurred afterward as q econ.
versation" between these two gentle.
men. Lightning, thunder, the roar OF
hoofs. torrents of rain pouring down,
torrents of mud bouncing into the air
and at last a catastrophe.
The maddening horses had reached
q little brook somewhat swollen by
the rain. Mays animal cleared it
at one brave bound, but there was
trouble of some sort with Billups
in the pitchy dark. A con-
fused murmur of snortings and
pawings and gruntings 0truck
upon Mays ear, and he refined in his
horse. A flash came and revealed to
him Billups, the charger, and an enor.
nous SOW wallowing together in the
stream in an inextricable tangle.
Presently the horse was heard eallop-
ing up the road. May fished out his
friend and dragged him ashore.
'Thank heaven, they won't cross
running water" said he to the wretch
ed scorner OF supernatural things.
And every now and then, as she
bounded through q neighboring wood,
there came back from the terrified
SOW an indignant "Boo' boo!" in pro-
test against such nnheard OF and un.
warranted proceedings.-J. B. w.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29
The Boy on the Farm,

We were struck With the truth 81
the observations of Charles Dudley
Warner, when he said: It Is my i'm
preston that q farm without q boy
would very soon come to grief. What
q boy does is the life of tho farm. He
is the factotum. always in de.
mand. and always expected to
do the thousand and one things that
nobody else will do. Upon him tall
the odds and ends, the most difficult
things. After every body else is through
he is to finish up. His work is like q
woman's-perpetually waiting on 9TH
ers. Everybody knows how much
easier it is to cook a good dinner than
to wash the dishes afterwards.
Consider what boy on a farm is
required to do-things that must be
done, or life would actually stop. 1t
is understood, in the first place, that
he is to do all the errands, to 20 to
the store. to the post.office and
to carry all sorts of messag.
es. If he had as many legs as
the centipede they would tire before
night. He is the one who spreads the
grass as the men cut it; he slows it
away in the barn; he rides the horse
to cultivate the corn up and down the
hot, weary rows; he picks up the po-
tatoes when they are dug; he brings
wood and water and splits kindling;
he gets up the horse and turns out
the horse. Whether he is in the house
or out of the house, there is always
something to do.
just before school, in the winter, he
shovels paths; in the summer he turns
the grlndstone. And yet, with his
mind full of schemes of what he
would like to do, and his hands full of
occupation, he is an idle boy who has
nothing to busy himself with but
schools and chores. He would gladly
do all the work if somebody else
would do all the chores, he thinks;
and yet, doubt if any boy ever
amounted to anything in the world,
or was OF much use as a man, who
did not enjoy the advantages of a
liberal education in the way ofchores.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29
Bismarck ON ElOQuencc.

Bismark is no orator. His speech
is simple and plain. He thinks that
the gift OF eloquence has done q great
deal OF mischief in parliamentary life.
It tries by appealing to the feelings to
settle questions which should be settled
by common sense. When the Fedral
Council began it's work a few of the
members made eloquent speeches.
''Gentlemen," said Bismarck, "there
is nothing to be achieved here by elo-
quence, because everyone otyou brings
his convictions along with him in his
pocket-that is, his instructions.
Oratory is only q waste of time. Let
us limit ourselves to q statement of
facts"
Herr Laskcr, whose death in this
country was the occasion of a little
unpleasantness, once delivered an elo-
quent speech in the reichstag. ''These
eloquent gentlemen" said Bismarck,
commenting upon the speech, "are
like a good many ladies with small
feet, who always wear shoes too small
for them and stick out their feet to be
looked at. When a man has the mis-
fortune to be eloquent, he makes
speeches too often and too long"
On another occasion, Radowitz, a
great orator, made a speech in the
North German parliament, which so
swayed the members that they were
ready to vote as he had urged them to.
One Of Bismarck's colleagues, sitting
near him, was strongly moved by the
eloquence, and he shed tears.
"What are you crying about?" COOL
ly asked Bismarck.
"You are heartless," answered the
colleague Indignantly. The next day,
when q copy of the printed speech was
placed in Bismarck's hand, he hand
ed it to the same gentleman, saying:
''Please point out to me the part of
the speech I ought to have cried over
if possessed such a thing as a heart"
The gentleman looked it over and
then said:
II don't know how it is, but the
speech does not make the same inn
preston upon me in print" The ora
tors voice, expression of face, and his
magnetic personality had carried tho
colleague away.
Bismarck used to tell g. humorous
story to illustrate the distracting ef-
feet of eloquence. Frederick William
1.-the despot king who publicly whipped
his son, subsequently Frederick the
Great once listened to tho pleadings of
two lawyers. After the first one had
finished his speech the king, moved by
the advocates eloquence, exclaimed:
'"This fellow is in the right" The
second lawyer then spoke, and with
such effect that the king said: "This
man has the right of it!''
Then recalling that he had CONTRA
dicted himselfhe fell into afurious pas.
sion and sent both orators to prison.
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Why Laura Lost nor Beau.
Laura once had an affluent beau.
Who called twice q fortnight. oreo.
Now she sits. Sunday eve,

On, where is her recreant beau,
And Why did he leave Laura 40?
Why, he saw that Laura was q lanruish.
El1ng' delicate girl, subject to sick headaches
sensitive nerves and uncertain tempern
tIiand knowing what a lifelong trial 10 q fret
llftul. sickly wife, he transferred his atten
|:tions to her cheerful, healthy cousin, Ellen
Il The secret is that Laura's health and
istrenght are Slapped by chronic weakness.
ipeculiar to her sex, which Ellen averts and
avoids BY the use OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. This is the only remedy. 70.
swoman's peculiar weaknesses and all.
.ments, sold by druggists. under a positive
guarantee from the manufacturer that Il
will give satisfaction in every case or
s.money will be refunded. See guarantee on
sbottle wrapper.
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,sost 81 Guns and Gunning.

Philadelphia Presa
What does . shooting outfit cost :"
Il can sell you an excellent plain
steel double-barreled breech.losder for
$16. Here is one. It looks we'll, but
It has no gliding or ivory about it. It
Is ton bore, and will last you As long
As . gun costing 1915. and there is
great comfort in the fact that if you in.
jure it, lose it in a swamp. or leave it
out ill night in a leaky wood shed,
there will not be much loss involved in
the transaction"
How about ammunition
THAT comes little expensive, but
still the sportsman who hasn't much
money can have good time on q small
sum. Loaded cartridges that would
be suitable for this SIS gun cost from
$3.50 to - . hundred, according to tho
grade Of powder. It would be . poor
sportsman who couldn't get 81 worth of
birds out of 100 shots, 50 the ammuni.
ton part of it ought to be at least self
supporting. For $3.50 q set of tools
for reloading the shells can be got, and
by using it they can be refiled at $2.75
to % = hundred"
Ara breech- leaders tho only kind OF
guns sold?"
MOT by any means. Lots of grang-
ers and backwoodsmen won't have any,
thing to do with SO new-fan gled an
idea. They stick to the muzzle-loader,
with its dozen different kinds of perils. !"
"What is the safest kind of a gun ?"
The hammerless breech-loader. It
is superseding everything. There are,
Of course, many different kinds, but the
principle is the same. There is no ham
mer projecting from the gun and, con-
sequently, no risk of it being caught IN
your coat or in bramble and causing q
premature discharge. The triggers are
protected too, for there is sort of
brake which you apply when you're not
going to shoot. Guns like that, hand
tomely mounted, cost from 1925 up.
They save time and trouble, for they
are self-cocking. Winchester rifles are
as low as $18.75 and as high as you
choose to pay. Remingtons are from
$40 up, Billiards. the same price and
Frank NELSON'S from $25. They are
used in this part of the country for
small game.
"They are making more ammunition
in this country than they did. That big
show case over there is a display Of
Eley's, tho London cartridge manufac-
turer, which was shown at the centen-:
nial. At that time American cartridge
Is were not equal to what they are now.
Large quantities are turned out by the
gun makers of New England. The En-
glish wads and caps still prevail, how
ever.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29
An African Queen.

Among the notables along the River
Congo not the least in Importance was
Queen Gankabi, who is thus described
by Stanley:
"About an hour after we left our
camp we were met by two well-man.
ned canoes, in the foremost of which
there was q female padding vigorously,
for q few strokes and, then, with q
peculiar style, bringing her right arm
to her waist. Ankoli recognized her
and cried out: There is Gankabi!'!
Naturally, to meet such a celebrity,
the principal person on the river, we
halted very quickly, and without tho
slightest sign of timidity she steered
her 45-foot canoe alongside. This very
action on her part showed person
ofcharacter. She probably was listen.
ing to Ankoli, who, like all other ma;
tives, began at the very beginning of a.
story and continued to the end. Her;
attentive survey of myself was re-,
turned with interest. Excepting her
hair and color, she had nothing ne!
groid about her. Draw figure with
the Martha Washington style of face,
COAOA ~ ~ AICA DIOuzc, pun Cu0 6IlOTU,
frizzly hair of the negro above, and
one has a striking likeness of the Queen
Gankabi. Among negro women this
face of the Washington type is very
unusual. Probably I have seen 20o,.
600 African women in my travels, and
l cannot remember to have seen moro
than half q dozen such women. A
certain feminine softness was appar.
ent; they were narrow-browed, with
narrow, receding chins, but the best
OF this formidable type were governing
women, great in their own way, such
as the Queen mother of Uganda, and
Gankabi, Queen of Musye.l That the
latter was not greater was due solely
to q lack of opportunity. Perhaps
Candace of Ethiopia, and Cornelia,
the mother of tho Gracci, may have
been women of the same type. Her
people were o Withholding set. Their
women affect heavy collars, of brass,
from ten to sixty pounds in weight,
while their leglets and armlets were
also very heavy"
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The Salvation Army in England.

The Salvation Army in England.
Rev. DR.. Theodore euler is venting q
little OF his nervous activity in an
English tour and, by way of relax
alton, preaching for Newman Hall and
Spurgeon in London. He also attended
q recent meeting of the Salvation
Army and thus records his impressions
in q letter to the New York Evangelist:
Havinga great desire to see Gen. Booth
the Napoleon of the slums-and his
gifted wife, l gladly accepted ticket,
and was kindly shown to a seat on the
platform close to the presidents chair.
The main body of the hall was packed
with most respectable class of people;
the large platform (rising nearly to the
ceiling) was packed with the leading
officers, members. and "Hallelujah
lassies" ofthe Salvation Army. Many
of these latter were not coarse girls
from the street, but bright, intelligent
looking young ladies. One of them
who sat talking to q member of Par
lament had one of the handsomest
faces Ihave ever seen in England. Close
behind me sat tho "Converted Burglar"
in q good suit of clothes, and he
joined in the singing with great unc-
ton. 1t was evident that was
seeing the Salvation Army at it's very
best. Presently, amid a great round
of applause, Gen. Booth and his wife
mounted theplatform. The general is
apparently q man of 60, tall and
slender, and looks more like q Ken
tuckian than a Britisher; his profile
resembles Stonewal Jackson's. Mrs.
Booth, who is the brain power of this
wonderful movement, has g. fine in
tellectual couutenance with g. superb
eye. Her speech was keen, logical, and
often truly eloquent, and would have
done credit to a member of P arliament.
The meeting opened with singing one of
the Salvationist hymns, to the &C.
compartment of q stupendous brass
band of nearly 100 pieces. The audi
ence joined in the chorus with ire
mendous effect. Itreminded me of one
of our earlier "War meetings." and the
rousing roar of the hymns, with brass
instruments and drums surpassed any.
thing I ever heard at Mr.. Moody's
mass-meetings. Gen. Booth gave run.
ming exposition of the hymn between
the verses; he has ready tact and a fine
control of an audience. He called on g.
young uniformed soldier of his
"Army' to pray, and he offered a
prayer of remarkablefe rvor and origi-
nality, addressing the Almighty as
"You" and not as '"Thou," but with
no seeming irreverence. Then came q
solo hymn by a "Hallelujah lassie,"
with an immense volume of vocal and
instrumental chorus. The music was
enough to raise the roof.
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NERVOUS ORATORS.
Hen Who Always Shake and 3remblo b..
fore Making . Great Speech.

Hen Who Always Shake and Yremblo b.
fore Making . Great Speech.
Great orators are almost invariably
nervous with apprehension when about
to make an important speech. Luther.
to his last years, trem5led when he en-
tered the pulpit; the same is true Of
Robert Hail. Mr.. Cough confesses
that he is always in tremor when COM
ing before an audience. Many of the
leaders of the House of Commons have
given similar testimony. Canning said
he could always tell in advance when he
was about to make one of his best
speeches by a chill running through him,
caused by q fear of failure. Lord
Derby, father of tho present Earl
when young man, was one of the
best speakers in Parliament. He was
known as the "Prince Rupert Of de-
bate, and seemed so self possessed a.
to be incapable of embarrassment. But
he said: ''When I am going to speak,
my throat and lips are as dry IS those
Of man who is going to be hanged:
He also told the late Sir A. Allison that
Tho never rose to speak, even in an
afternoon dinner assembly without ex-
periencing certain degree of nervous
tremor, which did not go off till he
warmed to the subject"
It is recorded of Cicero that he
shuddered visibly over his whole
body'wher he first began to speak"
In the "Life Of Lord L yndhurst," by
Sir Theodore Martin, we arc told
that he did not prepare his
speeches. "Though like all great ora
tors, he never rose to speak without ner-
Vous emotion, this is no way interfered
with his power of thinking as he spoke,
and calling into play the fittest lam
guage to express what he thought. The
intensity with which his intellect worked
became contagious. He got his hear
ers minds within his grasp, he made
them think with him, see things with
the same clearness he himself saw them,
and so led them insenslbly up to his
own conclusions" T1erney. whom
Lord Macaulay calls one of the most
fluent debaters ever known, said
no never rose in Parliament with
out feeling his knees knock to-
gether. It is one OF. the compensa-
tions of nature that the nervous tenn
permanent which occasions the trembling
is also one of the causes of oratorical
success. In fact, it may almost be said
that no ono can be great orator, or q
really effective speaker, who does not
experience the feeling.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Father Matthew Ryan OF the town OF
Hospital, County Limerick, one OF the
projectors OF the plan OF campaign, has
been sentenced to months imprison.
ment, without hard labor, for melting the
people to commit illegal acts. Father Ryan
declines to divest himself of his clerical at.
tire in prison, and the Catholic warders
sustain him in his refusal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

|; Proceedings have begun in the suprem,
,court by Mrs. Mathilde Denison against
her husband, Charles Denison. who sh,
claims, had wife living at the time O
their union. Mrs. Denison asserts that
she drew from her husband declaration
that he was already married at the time o.
ttheir own marriage. The plaintiff il the
mother of two beautiful little girls.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Postmaster General Mcclellan h.. -.
turned toOtta NJ from New 1ork. vhs,s ts
went to confer with tho superintendent Of
foreign mails ct Washington, resardine
sns establishment OF q parcel postal ser.
wee between. Canada and the United
states. All arrangements were satisiac.
ftor1ly concluded, and only await the
.propeosignatures. Tho proposed service
wal be inaugurated on Feb. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

A good head OF hair is desired by every
one. Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer will restore the hair. if tho hair cells
are not closed up.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Lord WUlseley has written q lette,
asking British employers to give
preference to the members of the re-
serve and to discharged soldiers when
choosing their employees,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

An Irishman was asked for his marriage
certificate. He lifted his hat, revealing a
large scar on the head, evidently done by
a flat iron. This evidence was to the
point. Our certificates are the praises OF
those who have experienced wonderful
cures by the use OF DR.. Bull 8 Cough Syrup.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

!" TIT o0S1Ss 001O1uOuJs
Some one has told you that your ca
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thoroughly. We have yet to hear OF 6
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when faithfully used. Catarrh is a disease
which it is dangerous to neglect. A Ger
tain remedy is at your command. Avail
yourself of it before the complaint assumes
more serious form. All druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Consumption:-For the cure OF this dis.
tressing disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evi.
dence OF real merit than Aliens Lung Bal.
sam. 25c., &c., and $1.OO bottle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

A congratulatory luncheon was given in
London to Smith and Kilrain. Chairman
White stated that Smith would receive the
FL 900 deposited by his hackers. The
two pugilists will be banoueted.
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BURNS and Scalds are instantly rendered
painless and invariably cured without a scar,
by the use of Carbolisalve, the great skin
remedy. Is and 50 cents, at Druggists or by
mail Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis
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Salvation Oil is the greatest cure on
earth for pain. It affords instant relief
and speedy cure to all sufferers from
rheumatism, neuralgia. headache, sore
throat, cuts, bruises, &c. Price rs cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

The Northern Pacific ticket agents slone
the line have received the general manac.
er's official instruction not to pay any
attention to the railway commissions
notice respecting reduction OF passeugcs
rates,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

sYMProMs-Moisturs; intense itching and singing:
continue tllmors form. which often bleed and ulcer
ate. becoming very eore. SwAYNE's OINTMENT stops
many cases removes the tumors. It seqaiy ccacions
in curing all Skin Diseases DIR. SWAYNE l. SON,
Proprietorst Philadelphia. SwAYNE's OINTMENT can
DO obtained Of druggists. Sent by mail fer 80 Cena
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

In the Continental Life Insurance case
OF Hartford before Judge Carpenter, coun-
gel for the stockholders abandoned the de.
tense and consented to decree OF receiv-
erslip.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Jim Smith and Thos. Leonard were hot
at Butte, Mont. in Jack Dcwd' saloon
by a man named Wilkinson. They had been
gambling and Wilkinson lost.
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To the Editor:-Please inform your readers
named disease. BY its timely use thousands d
hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
shall begad to send two bottles of my remedy free
to any of your readers who have consumption
they will send ME their Express and P. O. address
Respectfully, It. A. Slocum. M. C.. 181 Pearl st n Y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Private advices from St. Petersburg
state that owning to an emeute among the
students of the university there the insti.
tuition has been closed.
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The THR0AT.-'Brown's Bronchial Tro.
ches" act directly on the organs OF the
voice. They have an extraordinary effect
in all disorders OF the throat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Ex.Secretary Manning has grown much
worse and dissolution seems near at hand.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

A family of five persons were terribly
burned, two fatally, by an explosion ofgas
at Findlay, O.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

Congressman Seth c. Moffatt OF Michi.
gan died at Providence hospital in Wash.
ington.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

DR.. McGlynn was presented with ST.
200 check by his old parishioners OF St.
Stephens church.
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The Mexican mission, it is sta ted, will be
offered to Col: Collyer Of Nashville, Tenn,
owner OF the American newspaper in that
city.
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Rev. H. NJ. johnson Of Brainertl has &C
copied call from tho Church OF the Re
deemer (Episcopal). ut Cannon Falls, and
will begin his work immediately.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29

The North Star Lung and Throat Bal.
sam is sure cure for Coughs and Colds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29
A Flat Contradiction.

st. Paul saloonkeepers give up the id ca
OF fighting high license.
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Letters from Moscow say a number OF
Russian officers stationed there have been
warned not to arrange for their usual holi-
daY.
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Consumption Surely Cured.

Forty.six million bushels of wheat were
handled at Minneapolis this year.